Biao Mon

A language of China

ISO 639: bmt
Alternate Names: Biao Mien, Biao-Mian, Biaoman, Byaumon, Changping, Min Yao, Sida Min Yao
Population: 20,000 (Wang and Mao 1995).
Location:: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Gongcheng, Lipu, Mengshan, Pingle, and Zhaoping counties.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened). Language of recognized nationality: Yao.
Classification: Hmong-Mien, Mienic, Mian-Jin
Dialects: Biao Mon (Min Yao), Shi Mun (Sida Min Yao). May be intelligible with some dialects of Iu Mien [ium]. Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Jiao Mien [bje] or its dialect Biaomin, also called Biao Mien.
Typology: SVO.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Biao Mon
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Daoist.

Location: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Gongcheng, Lipu, Mengshan, Pingle, and Zhaoping counties.